Patent Application
20110316252
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to an external bicycle stand, more particularly to a bicycle stand separately assembled on bicycle pedal for bicycle parking.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
Bicycle is becoming from just one of short-range transportation means to an indispensable traffic means accompanying with the oil price upsurging and the concept escalation of taking exercise or keeping in good health. As bicycle is driven by manual force of stamping, not only oil consumption and air pollution can be reduced but also improvement on bicycle rider's health can be achieved. Furthermore, as bicycle-riding is a good exercise and a recreation in leisure time as well, it is prevailing as a common practice for leisure.
Bicycle has to be parked properly when a bicycle rider reaches his destination or needs to take a break after a certain distance of riding. In order to avoid wearing or damage caused by the contact between bicycle body and ground, bicycle stand has to be used to support the bicycle body so as to maintain the bicycle in upright state.
Conventional bicycle stand is pre-assembled on bicycle body in most cases, which is a support rod actuated by an elastic element to control it swinging up and down. However, the elastic element is liable to become loosened after usage a period of time. Moreover, the support rod of the bicycle stand is liable to move down suddenly by itself due to the jolting and vibration caused by riding on rough road on the way of bicycle driving. In such case, bicycle rider may be endangered easily.
In view of the disadvantages of above conventional bicycle stand, the inventor of this invention hereby proposes a novel bicycle stand after endless endeavor with an intension to improve and upgrade the conventional bicycle stand based on his abundant knowledge and experience in product development and manufacturing.
This invention relates to an external bicycle stand, the main purpose of which is to provide a bicycle stand separately assembled on bicycle pedal in bicycle parking so as to achieve the purpose of parking bicycle and to improve safety in riding as well.
In order to achieve above objects, the inventor of this invention proposes an external bicycle stand, comprising:
a stand body, having a guiding groove provided thereon and an arc portion for fixing provided on one end of the guiding groove, an axle bore provided throughout the stand body from its front end to rear end being communicated with the guiding groove;
an axle penetrated through the axle bore of the stand body, a retaining pin being provided on the axle for fitting correspondingly in the guiding groove of the stand body;
a locating member disposed on a surface of the stand body having the guiding groove formed thereon, which includes an adjustment block having an elongate slot and a fastener locked in the elongate slot so as to fasten the adjustment block to the stand body;
a support member, being opposite to the assembling member and being pivotably hinged to the other end of the stand body, an abutment portion being formed on the upper edge of the support member, two support legs capable of telescopic adjustment being in threaded engagement on the bottom edge of the support member.
In bicycle parking, the assembling member is combined with the bicycle pedal, then the stand body supports under the pedal and in turn the support member pivotably hinged on the stand body can be moved down vertically to support on ground so as to finish the parking effect. Accordingly, by means of the bicycle stand separately assembled on the bicycle pedal, the risk of sudden moving-down of the bicycle stand due to jolting and vibration caused by riding on rough road on the way of bicycle driving can be avoided. Moreover, this invention is adaptable to the cases having pedal of various sizes by enabling the adjustment of the stand locating member.
The objects, the technical contents and the expected effect of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Firstly, referring to
The stand body (1) has a guiding groove (11) formed thereon and a 90 degree circular arc portion (111) for fixing provided on one end of the guiding groove (11). An axle bore (12) provided throughout the stand body from its front end to the read end is communicated with the guiding groove (11), and the axle bore (12) is also communicated with the guiding groove (11). A rubber pad (13) is provided on the upper face of the stand body (1). Two stop posts (14) are provided on both flanks of the stand body (1) for blocking and locating of the move-down of the support member (5).
The axle (2) penetrates through the axle bore (12) of the stand body (1) and is abutted against an elastic element (22) provided within the axle bore (12), and a retaining pin (21) is provided on the axle (2) for fitting correspondingly in the guiding groove (11) of the stand body (1);
As shown in
The assembling member (4) includes a coupling piece (41) and a pin (42) in which an elongate hole (411) is provided on one end of the coupling piece (41) to accommodate one end of the axle (2) extending to the outside of the stand body (1). A fastener (412) is used to fasten the axle (2) together with the coupling piece (41) and the polygonal shape (hexagonal) pin (42) is inserted in the other end of the coupling piece (41).
The support member (5) is opposite to the assembling member (4) and is pivotably hinged to the other end of the stand body (1). An abutting portion (51) is formed on the upper edge of the support member (5) and a rubber pad (52) is combined on the abutting portion (51). Further, two support legs (53) capable of conducting telescopic adjustment are in threaded engagement on the bottom edge of the support member (5).
In implementation with the above structure, as shown in
In this manner, when a bicycle has to be parked after a bicycle rider reaches his destination or wants to take a break in halfway, the bicycle stand is taken out and the pin (42) of the assembling member (4) is inserted in a polygonal recess (611) in the pivot shaft (61) of the bicycle pedal (6) so as to assemble the bicycle stand onto the pedal (6).
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In this way, the external bicycle stand separately assembled with the bicycle pedal (6) can provide great convenience for bicycle riders in parking, without the risk and inconvenience happened in conventional one in which sudden moving-down of the bicycle stand by itself often happens due to jolting and vibration caused by riding on rough road on the way of bicycle driving to cause bicycle riders endangered. Furthermore, referring to
When bicycle rider wants to ride bicycle again, as shown in
It is apparent from the above structure and implementation, the present invention has the following advantages.
1. The bicycle stand of the present invention can be separately assembled on the bicycle pedal to achieve bicycle parking effect. In this manner, the risk of sudden move-down of the support rod of conventional bicycle stand, which is directly pre-assembled on the bicycle, due to jolting and vibration caused by riding on rough road on the way of bicycle driving can be avoided. Accordingly, not only the purpose of parking bicycle can be achieved but also convenience and safety in riding can also be assured.
2. The bicycle stand of the present invention can be adjusted as desired according to the pedal length of bicycle so that it is adaptable to bicycles of various brand and specifications.
3. The bicycle stand of the present invention has telescopic support legs assembled on the support member providing support on ground. In this manner, the support legs can be adjusted according to the distance between the bicycle pedal and ground so as to support the bicycle appropriately in stable and upright state.
4. In the bicycle stand of the present invention, rubber pads are respectively provided on the upper face of the stand body and on the abutting portion of the upper edge of the support member so that the contact portions between the bicycle pedal and the bicycle stand can be well protected by the rubber pads to avoid undesired wearing of the pedal.
5. The bicycle stand of the present invention can be transformed in shape properly according to usage and storage demand so that its volume can be shrunk for compact storage.
